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Porsche Cayenne · 2021

5 recalls affect this vehicle. Sorted by severity, then date.

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  • Severity pendingNHTSA·21V271000·2021-04-21

    2021 Porsche Cayenne recalled for rear axle suspension defect

    Porsche is recalling certain 2021 Cayenne models because lock nuts on the rear axle may break due to stress corrosion, potentially causing loss of control and crash risk.

    Product
    PORSCHE — PORSCHE CAYENNE
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·25V896000·2025-12-19

    Porsche rearview camera image may not display when reversing

    Porsche is recalling certain 2019-2025 Cayenne, 911, Taycan and Panamera vehicles because the rearview camera image may not display when the vehicle is placed in reverse.

    Product
    PORSCHE — PORSCHE TAYCAN, PANAMERA, CAYENNE E-HYBRID, CAYENNE
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·22V040000·2022-01-28

    2021-2022 Porsche Cayenne Rear Axle Alignment Safety Recall

    Porsche is recalling 2021-2022 Cayenne vehicles due to potential rear axle misalignment following prior repairs. The defect may cause premature tire wear and increase crash risk.

    Product
    PORSCHE — PORSCHE CAYENNE
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·21V493000·2021-06-30

    2021 Porsche Cayenne steering column screw defect may cause loss of control

    Porsche is recalling 2021 Cayenne vehicles because the screw connecting the steering column to the steering box may fail, potentially detaching the steering column and causing loss of vehicle control.

    Product
    PORSCHE — PORSCHE CAYENNE
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·21V318000·2021-05-05

    2021 and 2020 Porsche Cayenne passenger airbag may fail to deploy

    Porsche is recalling certain 2020-2021 Cayenne models because the passenger seat heating element may not be installed, preventing proper airbag calibration and risking airbag deployment failure.

    Product
    PORSCHE — PORSCHE redundant CAYENNE E-HYBRID, CAYENNE E-HYBRID, CAYENNE GTS, CAYENNE S
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide

NHTSA crash-test safety rating

Federal 5-Star Safety Rating from crash testing. This is a separate government program from the recall(s) above — a high star rating says nothing about whether a specific recall has been fixed, and a recall says nothing about crash-test performance.

Source: NHTSA New Car Assessment Program (NCAP), a federal crash-test program — not a recall record.

Wider context for this vehicle

Beyond the official recalls above. These are third-party figures derived from NHTSA complaint data — useful signal, but not part of our verified recall record.

Federal investigations

  • EA06005 Engineering Analysis · air bags:frontal:sensor/control module-inactive
  • PE05060 Preliminary Evaluation · air bags:frontal:sensor/control module-inactive

Complaint clusters with no matching recall

  • 2011 · engine 31 complaints, median 80,000 mi

Technical service bulletins

1,662 manufacturer service bulletins across 22 model years. A TSB is repair guidance to dealers, not a safety recall.

Third-party reliability score

  • 2026: 4.6/5 · 3 complaints
  • 2025: 4.8/5
  • 2024: 4.2/5 · 5 complaints
  • 2023: 4.5/5 · 5 complaints
  • 2022: 4.5/5 · 3 complaints

This is ProblemsByVin’s own published heuristic (1 worst – 5 best), not an official rating and unrelated to our severity scale.

Data on this panel comes from ProblemsByVin, derived from US NHTSA owner complaints and recalls, and licensed CC BY 4.0. It is not published by a federal agency and is not part of our verified recall record.

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